Bill C-17

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	PART 9
R.S., c. F-27	FOOD AND DRUGS ACT
	*66. The Food and Drugs Act* is amended by adding the following after section 30:**
	Interim Orders
Interim orders	30.1 (1) The Minister may make an interim order that contains any provision that may be contained in a regulation made under this Act if the Minister believes that immediate action is required to deal with a significant risk, direct or indirect, to health, safety or the environment.
Cessation of effect	(2) An interim order has effect from the time that it is made but ceases to have effect on the earliest of
	(a) 14 days after it is made, unless it is approved by the Governor in Council,
	(b) the day on which it is repealed,
	(c) the day on which a regulation made under this Act, that has the same effect as the interim order, comes into force, and
	(d) one year after the interim order is made or any shorter period that may be specified in the interim order.
Contravention of unpublished order	(3) No person shall be convicted of an offence consisting of a contravention of an interim order that, at the time of the alleged contravention, had not been published in the Canada Gazette unless it is proved that, at the time of the alleged contravention, the person had been notified of the interim order or reasonable steps had been taken to bring the purport of the interim order to the notice of those persons likely to be affected by it.
Exemption from Statutory Instruments Act	(4) An interim order
	(a) is exempt from the application of sections 3, 5 and 11 of the Statutory Instruments Act; and
	(b) shall be published in the Canada Gazette within 23 days after it is made.
Deeming	(5) For the purpose of any provision of this Act other than this section, any reference to regulations made under this Act is deemed to include interim orders, and any reference to a regulation made under a specified provision of this Act is deemed to include a reference to the portion of an interim order containing any provision that may be contained in a regulation made under the specified provision.
Tabling of order	(6) A copy of each interim order must be tabled in each House of Parliament within 15 days after it is made.
House not sitting	(7) In order to comply with subsection (6), the interim order may be sent to the Clerk of the House if the House is not sitting.
	PART 10
R.S., c. H-3	HAZARDOUS PRODUCTS ACT
	*67. The Hazardous Products Act* is amended by adding the following after section 5:**
	Interim Orders
Interim orders - regulations	5.1 (1) The Minister may make an interim order that contains any provision that may be contained in a regulation made under this Part if the Minister believes that immediate action is required to deal with a significant risk, direct or indirect, to health or safety.
Interim orders - section 6	(2) The Minister may make an interim order in which any power referred to in section 6 is deemed to be exercised, if the Minister believes that immediate action is required to deal with a significant risk, direct or indirect, to health or safety.
Cessation of effect	(3) An interim order has effect from the time that it is made but ceases to have effect on the earliest of
	(a) 14 days after it is made, unless it is approved by the Governor in Council,
	(b) the day on which it is repealed,
	(c) in the case of an interim order made under subsection (1), the day on which a regulation made under this Part that has the same effect as the interim order comes into force and, in the case of an interim order made under subsection (2), the day on which an order made by the Governor in Council under this Part that has the same effect as the interim order comes into force, and
	(d) one year after the interim order is made or any shorter period that may be specified in the interim order.
Contravention of unpublished order	(4) No person shall be convicted of an offence consisting of a contravention of an interim order that, at the time of the alleged contravention, had not been published in the Canada Gazette unless it is proved that, at the time of the alleged contravention, the person had been notified of the interim order or reasonable steps had been taken to bring the purport of the interim order to the notice of those persons likely to be affected by it.
Exemption from Statutory Instruments Act	(5) An interim order
	(a) is exempt from the application of sections 3, 5 and 11 of the Statutory Instruments Act; and
	(b) shall be published in the Canada Gazette within 23 days after it is made.
Deeming	(6) For the purpose of any provision of this Part other than this section, any reference to regulations made under this Act is deemed to include interim orders, and any reference to a regulation made under a specified provision of this Act is deemed to include a reference to the portion of an interim order containing any provision that may be contained in a regulation made under the specified provision.
Tabling of order	(7) A copy of each interim order must be tabled in each House of Parliament within 15 days after it is made.
House not sitting	(8) In order to comply with subsection (7), the interim order may be sent to the Clerk of the House if the House is not sitting.
	68. The Act is amended by adding the following after section 16:
	Interim Orders
Interim orders - regulations	16.1 (1) The Minister may make an interim order that contains any provision that may be contained in a regulation made under this Part if the Minister believes that immediate action is required to deal with a significant risk, direct or indirect, to health or safety.
Interim orders - sections 17 and 18	(2) The Minister may make an interim order in which any power referred to in sections 17 and 18 is deemed to be exercised, if the Minister believes that immediate action is required to deal with a significant risk, direct or indirect, to health or safety.
Cessation of effect	(3) An interim order has effect from the time that it is made but ceases to have effect on the earliest of
	(a) 14 days after it is made, unless it is approved by the Governor in Council,
	(b) the day on which it is repealed,
	(c) in the case of an interim order made under subsection (1), the day on which a regulation made under this Part that has the same effect as the interim order comes into force and, in the case of an interim order made under subsection (2), the day on which an order made by the Governor in Council under this Part that has the same effect as the interim order comes into force, and
	(d) one year after the interim order is made or any shorter period that may be specified in the interim order.
Contravention of unpublished order	(4) No person shall be convicted of an offence consisting of a contravention of an interim order that, at the time of the alleged contravention, had not been published in the Canada Gazette unless it is proved that, at the time of the alleged contravention, the person had been notified of the interim order or reasonable steps had been taken to bring the purport of the interim order to the notice of those persons likely to be affected by it.
Exemption from Statutory Instruments Act	(5) An interim order
	(a) is exempt from the application of sections 3, 5 and 11 of the Statutory Instruments Act; and
	(b) shall be published in the Canada Gazette within 23 days after it is made.
Deeming	(6) For the purpose of any provision of this Part other than this section and section 19, any reference to regulations made under this Act is deemed to include interim orders, and any reference to a regulation made under a specified provision of this Act is deemed to include a reference to the portion of an interim order containing any provision that may be contained in a regulation made under the specified provision.
Tabling of order	(7) A copy of each interim order must be tabled in each House of Parliament within 15 days after it is made.
House not sitting	(8) In order to comply with subsection (7), the interim order may be sent to the Clerk of the House if the House is not sitting.
	69. The Act is amended by adding the following after section 27:
	Interim Orders
Interim orders	27.1 (1) The Minister may make an interim order that contains any provision that may be contained in a regulation made under this Part if the Minister believes that immediate action is required to deal with a significant risk, direct or indirect, to health or safety.
Cessation of effect	(2) An interim order has effect from the time that it is made but ceases to have effect on the earliest of
	(a) 14 days after it is made, unless it is approved by the Governor in Council,
	(b) the day on which it is repealed,
	(c) the day on which a regulation made under this Part, that has the same effect as the interim order, comes into force, and
	(d) one year after the interim order is made or any shorter period that may be specified in the interim order.
Contravention of unpublished order	(3) No person shall be convicted of an offence consisting of a contravention of an interim order that, at the time of the alleged contravention, had not been published in the Canada Gazette unless it is proved that, at the time of the alleged contravention, the person had been notified of the interim order or reasonable steps had been taken to bring the purport of the interim order to the notice of those persons likely to be affected by it.
Exemption from Statutory Instruments Act	(4) An interim order
	(a) is exempt from the application of sections 3, 5 and 11 of the Statutory Instruments Act; and
	(b) shall be published in the Canada Gazette within 23 days after it is made.
Deeming	(5) For the purpose of any provision of this Part other than this section, any reference to regulations made under this Act is deemed to include interim orders, and any reference to a regulation made under a specified provision of this Act is deemed to include a reference to the portion of an interim order containing any provision that may be contained in a regulation made under the specified provision.
Tabling of order	(6) A copy of each interim order must be tabled in each House of Parliament within 15 days after it is made.
House not sitting	(7) In order to comply with subsection (6), the interim order may be sent to the Clerk of the House if the House is not sitting.
	PART 11
2001, c. 27	IMMIGRATION AND REFUGEE PROTECTION ACT
	*70. Subsection 5(2) of the Immigration and Refugee Protection Act* is replaced by the following:**
Tabling and referral of proposed regulations	(2) The Minister shall cause a copy of each proposed regulation made pursuant to sections 17, 32, 53, 61, 102, 116, 150 and 150.1 to be laid before each House of Parliament, and each House shall refer the proposed regulation to the appropriate Committee of that House.
	71. (1) Paragraph 149(a) of the Act is replaced by the following:
	(a) the information may be used only for the purposes of this Act or the Department of Citizenship and Immigration Act or to identify a person for whom a warrant of arrest has been issued in Canada; and
	(2) Paragraph 149(b) of the English version of the Act is replaced by the following:
	(b) notice regarding use of the information must be given to the person to whom it relates.
	72. The Act is amended by adding the following after section 150: